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Stamford Plaza Sydney Airport has won the award of Best Airport Hotel in Australia/Pacific for the 4th year running in the SkyTrax World Airline Awards. Worldhotels announced the awards, which stretch across the Asia Pacific region, as affiliate hotels attained top honours and remarkable achievements from prominent and influential industry leaders. This includes Conde Nast Traveller China, TripAdvisor, The Telegraph …

North Coast Holiday Parks (NCHP) Seal Rocks has been recognised with a significant industry accolade following their joint win in the ‘Excellence in Tourism & Hospitality’ category at the Mid Coast Business Awards. The Mid Coast Business Awards is a celebration of outstanding businesses within the Manning, Gloucester and Great Lakes Regions, with the awards night held on Friday May …

IHG and partner Pro-invest have announced plans to open Holiday Inn Express Melbourne Little Collins in 2020. The select service hotel will add 299 rooms to Melbourne’s boutique Little Collins Street. Running parallel to prominent and iconic Collins Street, the area is home to major retailers, boutique designers and corporate offices, as well as being a stone’s throw from Southern …

New research released by STR analysts has found that Melbourne’s hotel market reported negative performance results when it comes to RevPAR, but increases in occupancy, according to preliminary April 2017 data. Occupancy decreased 2.6% to 80.9%, ADR increased just 0.6% to 176.23 Australian dollars ($129.90) and RevPAR dropped 2% to AU$142.51 ($105.05). According to the research, April was the second …

TripAdvisor this week announced that it now has more than 500 million reviews and opinions on its website, and receives 290 pieces of user-generated content every minute of every day. And coming out on top of the list in Australia for number of reviews, is a hotel in Sydney. The Amora Hotel Jamison Sydney has received more than 7,500 traveller …

Hotel housekeeping is almost an artform and it certainly can be testing at times but with the right methods, a few secret weapons and some simple tips, you could find cleaning hotel rooms much easier; especially if you are new to the industry. A few tips: Clear the clutter first. Clean out the bins and get rid of any dirty …

Visit Sunshine Coast has launched a new version of its popular destination marketing campaign, Come to Life, with major discounts on accommodation, attractions and tours to attract visitors to the region over the winter period. Targeting southern states, the Come to Life ‘2.0’ brand campaign includes television commercials, still photography, print and a major online campaign through Wotif. Bookings need to be …

Tourism Tribe’s chief digital officer and digital strategist, Fabienne Wintle, has earned the title of digital champion in the Advance Queensland Community Digital Champions program. The Queensland Government program recognises individuals who undertake activities within their communities to help improve Queensland’s digital literacy and digital adoption. Nominated by the Tourism Division, Department of Tourism, Major Events, Small Business and the …

Australia’s largest owner and operator of holiday and accommodation parks, Discovery Parks has announced the appointment of four key executive positions. The announcement comes off the back of a huge 2016 – which saw the company purchase rival operator Aspen Parks. Adam Koch has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer with significant International and Domestic experience spanning the retail, finance …

Sydney Opera House has come in at number 41 and Fiordland National Park on New Zealand’s South Island has ranked at Number 39 in a new study on the Most Instagrammed Tourist Attractions in the world. The study, by TravelBird ranked 470 attractions in countries around the world based on the number of hashtags on the social media platform. With …

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The winners of Australia’s Good Design Awards, the highest honour for design innovation in Australia, were announced at the Sydney Opera House on 17 May at the 60th Annual Good Design Awards Ceremony. Legrand Wireless Charging Solutions received a prestigious Good Design Award® Winner in the Product Design category in recognition for outstanding design and innovation. The annual Good Design Awards is Australia¹s most prestigious Awards for …

Yardley Hospitality has served the hospitality industry since 1999 supplying Hotels, Motels, Apartments and Tourist Parks throughout Australia. Through every trend and development, our specialty within the industry has always been our deep understanding of your every need, and unique ability to fulfil those needs. This has garnered our long, successful history of providing a wide range of products from …

As we progress into the future every aspect of our lives will slowly become affected by the introduction of Artificial intelligence (AI). A few years ago, all this talk about AI sounded somewhat sci-fi and futuristic but it is already very much part of our lives…

What happens when you bring the biggest gathering of accommodation industry decision makers from across the region, to the largest convention & exhibition centre in Australia, with hundreds of product and technology suppliers and more seminars than any event in the country?